Love for the Bug Runs Out; VW to Close Last Classic Beetle Assembly Line From: The Washington Post | Date: June 23, 2003| Author: Kevin Sullivan | Copyright 2003 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Goodbye, Herbie.

The iconic Volkswagen Beetle, the most popular car ever made, will cease production this summer, 69 years and more than 21 million sales after Adolf Hitler's Third Reich first commissioned the durable, dome- shaped little "People's Car."

Volkswagen officials said earlier this month that the last Beetle assembly line in the world, in VW's massive plant here in central Mexico, will shut in the coming weeks. They said sales had fallen dramatically because the $6,80...

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